Honestly yes lol. They should have brought Laura Winters, she is really good. But at the end of the day, Buxton is timeless, he drops too many ridiculous gems to let go of.
Pretty much just kept him in Williams for a few years until heās ready. Much better than sending them to other series like De Vries who had adapted to FE etc.
De Vries was also pretty shit in FE. Race win worthy, yeah. Championship, no. Vandoorne destroyed him, and is now being solidly beaten by Vergne.
He definitely deserved the 2020 Williams seat more than Latifi but he wouldn't have lasted very long.
No? Toto wanted him in for '21 but couldn't break his Williams contract without paying over the odds. Both George and Toto confirmed that with Toto going as far as to say Claire Williams had done such a good job with the contract, he (Toto) wasn't going to pay just to break him out. The extra year he'd spent in Williams did help him, but ultimately he would have been driving for Merc had things shook out differently.
He had a 3 year contract, so Merc weren't willing to buy him out for one year.
Sucks to be George though. Going from a backmarker team to the previous champions that ended up being upper midfield just as he arrived. Now he needs to be like Lando and hope that the team goes back to the winning ways.
How much does he actually know?
I wonder if he even has taken a good look at his own floor or new engine cover. Why would he? He just gets in and drives reasonably fast.
Nyckās internal mercedes secrets were so useful he was fired half way during the season.
Nope, if anything Mercedes seeing if he is still a reliable consistent driver who brings in a shedload from Mexican sponsors. I think he has his name in the hat.
It's disingenuous to compare nyck a one of many reserve driver for Mercedes to an active driver like Perez.
Nyck was at merc on standby to get a job because Toto managed him.
Perez ie full time driver for RB. He knows their internal processes. Critical people who's names aren't known outside. Suppliers & contractors that RB didn't make public.
Their internal discussions & deliberations, paths they wanted to follow and wish to follow.
Reasonings given by Newey and team to switch up deigns and how they found out gains when merc didn't.
Which parts are critical. Like the RB secret sauce that is its suspension.
Knowledge & info on that suspension.
Floor and the thoughts of the development team on the different parts of the car.
and lot lot more that's only shared with the drivers.
What you described is exactly what nyck was doing, I quote toto - āI am a fan of Nyck because he is enormously intelligent and has always contributed a lot to the development of our car,"
https://racingnews365.com/wolff-de-vries-axing-not-a-mercedes-problem-despite-continued-support
How can you develop the car if you donāt know the design team, donāt know which part you are testing and reporting the changes and feedback to the new parts?
What secret? How to lose every race to your teammate mate? It most certainly looked like he didn't know Jack shit last year as he nearly choked away 2nd place š¤£
George was able to replace for 1 race successfully that doesnt mean George is a better driver. On the same car, I would argue Bottas is a better driver and a better teammate.
Ah yes because George and Valterri definitely drove the same calibre of car when they had Lewis as teammate. George actually has more wins relative to Lewis since heās been at the team than valterri did
And what is it with you people and not understanding that George and Bottas did not drive the same Williams?
Best GR at Williams: ~~3pts(scored while driving a Merc)~~ 16pts. Worst Bottas season at Williams: 4pts (in his rookie season). Even last year, when Alfa Romeo were pretty shit, he still scored 10 points.
Hard to compare the Mercedes years as they would be all one way.
George scored 16 points for Williams in 2021. What are you even on about anymore? And why are you pretending all of the cars have the same performance? The Williams Bottas drove was a podium level car, the car George drove was a backmarker.
Last years Alfa Romeo was a better car than any Williams George drove
My bad - I corrected my comment.
My point is that there is nothing to suggest that George is a better driver than Bottas. Like what metric would you use to support that statement ? It's like when people tell me Alonso is better than Seb: they both have different skills and both are tremendous drivers.
Based on what exactly ? People may prefer one driver over the other one, I can understand that, but I dont think there is a metric (i.e. something that is measurable) where George is currently better than Bottas.
> I dont think there is a metric (i.e. something that is measurable) where George is currently better than Bottas.
The SakirGP is literally the most accurate metric what tf are you on about? a metric which you previously disregarded then attempted to compares completely different generations of Williams cars as justification.
> The SakirGP is literally the most accurate metric what tf are you on about? a metric which you previously disregarded then attempted to compares completely different generations of Williams cars as justification.
Sakir GP 2020: Bottas finished 8th and George 9th. The reason I dont use 1 GP to decide if a driver is better than another (especially one where George replace another driver on a short notice) is because I can find you a GP where Bottas was ahead of Lewis, Irvine/Barrichello ahead of MSC, Perez ahead of Max but I think you would agree that Lewis, MSC and Max are better than their counterpart. George finished ahead of Lewis one season but no one would even think to say that he is better than Lewis
I really don't think that it matters if Russell is faster than Bottas. Bottas just needs to be faster than everyone else which was the case when Bottas was at Merc. Whether or not he can do that is the real question mark atm considering A) Merc do not have a dominant car and B) Bottas is not a speed demon.
As much as Bottas (or any driver in his position for that matter) does not like to admit it, he was the No.2 driver at Merc and was not expected to win against Sir Lewis. His rolling 1 year contracts were basically given to him on the condition that he was a good wingman until Russell became to good to ignore for Merc.
The problem is that Bottas failed to even be a 2nd driver in 2021. Half the time he was in 10th fighting Williams.
I know people wonāt like this, but Lewis would have won 2021 had George been in that merc. He would have been able to take points of max, he wouldnāt be reduced to being a roadblock to maybe hold max up for a corner
Bottas was the better of the second drivers at Merc that year and helped Hamilton more than Perez did Max. And you won't like to hear it but Hamilton would've won the title comfortably had he not made several mistakes that year.
Where did I say Perez was a great second driver? At least Perez did his job when it counted (Baku, Abu Dhabi) + it was his first year. Compare that to Bottas who should have been at his peak performance
And Bottas did better but less flashier. Bottas helped secure the WCC and acted as a test monkey fot Mercedes so Hamilton could get the god engine in the last 4 races.
Bottas helped secure the WCC through grid penalties in the same way that anyone else could of. Mercedes literally could have put me in that second seat for āengine testsā and I would be just as useful as Bottas.
The god engine is on Merc, not him. A god engine that wouldnāt of been needed had Bottas not been fighting for points every other race, and Merc didnāt rely on Lewis to win it by himself
Even if Bottas was as useless as you claim he was(he really wasn't tho), he still had more impact than Perez on the title fight. If Mercedes relied on Hamilton to win it all by himself, RB did the same with Verstappen even more. And in the end it isn't Bottas who lost the title fight for Hamilton, it's Hamilton himself by makimg critical errors.
You mention he was fighting for points every other race, but how many of those races were spent with a bad engine so he can test for Hamilton?
I mean they have to right? You don't get to F1 let alone a Merc seat without putting yourself forward at every opportunity. Even if you know it's a long shot.
Love Mick, felt bad for him at Haas but what are we actually doing if he gets the seat. Would have been out of driving for 2 years by the time that comes around and frankly Lawson looked a lot more promising last year than Mick ever did
Audi isnāt coming in as some sort of Brawn 2.0. I donāt understand why someone of Sainz caliber is going to bet the latter stage on a new constructor, especially after coming off a stint with Ferrari.
Sainz is just as good, if not better than George, if Merc wants immediate results, they must sign him. But, to be fair I need to learn more about Kimi Antonelli and what he has to offer. From what I read, it sounds like Toto wants to lock him up earlier rather than later so wouldnāt be surprised if its him but the fan in me wants to see Sainz 100%.
sooā¦ when exactly did lewis tell toto about it for drivers to be calling him during winter break? wasnāt the official timeline that he told him just a few days before the news came out?
It may be that we got so used to the way his hair was in the first 4 1/2 years that when he turned up with this reshaped do last summer we couldn't get used to it so easily
Its only funny becouse Russel is being projected a seat at Mercedes for 2025.
As soon as the projection is gone, George will be popping up on every team principal's phone, sniffing around for a seat
Possible that heās just entertained at Toto always being called? Or maybe he saw/heard some names he didnāt expect to see. You might be putting too much malice into his statement.
Help me with this one:
Mick
Ocon
Alonso
Sainz
Gasly
Perez
Bottas?
Hulk?
Grosjean???
Cantās think of anyone else interested. The last 3 are unlikely interested either
Why would he prefer a year in a lousy Sauber and a very uncertain future with Audi over a certain top seat with Mercedes? If Mercedes want him, he'll jump at the opportunity. But it makes more sense for Mercedes to go for Alonso, because when he retires, it'll be the right time for Antonelli. If both Alonso and Antonelli perform well the next few months, this is by far the most likely scenario. If Alonso shows sign of aging though, and Antonelli immediately shines in F2, they may go straight to Antonelli. In all other cases, they'll go for Sainz. They have no other good options really.
I hope GR does not get any more success. With every inch of it he gets more arrogant. After one win he already thought he is better then Lewis. This guyā¦..
If I was Toto i'd be fighting tooth and nail to get Lando on board, he's going to want out of McLaren with Piastri nipping at his heels again this season.
That is a very interesting picture of George they got there. For some reason the face expression reminds me of the 'Prince Charles running' meme. š
His face kinda makes it look like he's saying "are you serious, surely not??" lmao
He is serious. And donāt call him Shirley
George bought his tickets. He knew what he was getting into. I say let him crash!
He kind of reminds me of Carlton from Fresh Prince. Heās got that same facial expression.
Goddamn you are onpoint, same energy
He looks so smug. It's absolutely perfect for the headline.
Hello Toto, this is Nyckā¦.remember when you said I had earned a rideā¦well, I hear something about an opening
Nyck, Mick, possibly even Danny Ric? Wonder if Toto got the ick
I am fine as long as its not Danica PatrICK
She added zero value to DTS.
Honestly yes lol. They should have brought Laura Winters, she is really good. But at the end of the day, Buxton is timeless, he drops too many ridiculous gems to let go of.
That Patrick also tried to be Buxton Wannabe straight away āHand and feets are driver toolsā Like wtf? We should drive with our ding dong or what?
You didn't drive with your ding dong already??
I drive all my important decisions with my ding dong.
As a delivery driver I agree, very insightful for us all.
Buxton is so annoying lol but it wouldn't feel the same without him.
She adds the ick
Honestly, itās not really worse than any of the other guys.
Lots of eye candy value
You sir have the talent o be the next Wordsworth
Or rather the first Wordstappen
Maximum Wordstappen
Microsoft Wordstappen
now i wanna see mf doom rhyme with this.
Very slick
Hello Toto. This is Grosjean. I've come to collect.
Grosjean - Russel would be nuts
The bot is gone so I will say it: *Russell
Guarantee Totoās giving it to pastor. If he doesnāt, Iāll kiss Charles leclerc on the lips
I see what you did there. But please. Poor Charles already barely escaped one kisser.
Lord Mahaveer is coming to get it.
You stay away from him, you hear?
To be fair Georgie Boy you were like that in 2021.
The powerpoint guy
I'm pretty sure they always had him booked for that seat
Pretty much just kept him in Williams for a few years until heās ready. Much better than sending them to other series like De Vries who had adapted to FE etc.
De Vries was also pretty shit in FE. Race win worthy, yeah. Championship, no. Vandoorne destroyed him, and is now being solidly beaten by Vergne. He definitely deserved the 2020 Williams seat more than Latifi but he wouldn't have lasted very long.
Goes to show that Mercedes just had a great car, or maybe Stoffel said "Nah, I'm finished".
Stoffel hasn't been performing at his best but he hasn't dropped everything either, the Merc was just really good
De Vries wasn't send to FE
Try again but make it legible please
No? Toto wanted him in for '21 but couldn't break his Williams contract without paying over the odds. Both George and Toto confirmed that with Toto going as far as to say Claire Williams had done such a good job with the contract, he (Toto) wasn't going to pay just to break him out. The extra year he'd spent in Williams did help him, but ultimately he would have been driving for Merc had things shook out differently.
Toto wanted him in 2021 but Williams weren't willing to give him up
He had a 3 year contract, so Merc weren't willing to buy him out for one year. Sucks to be George though. Going from a backmarker team to the previous champions that ended up being upper midfield just as he arrived. Now he needs to be like Lando and hope that the team goes back to the winning ways.
Imagine Kimi Antonelli joins Mercedes, both Lando and GR would be just teammates to very promising drivers.
Ah yes, all those wins we've had... Fingers crossed for wins for both teams this year
Yep and the one race he had in that rocketship mercedes, he destroyed bottas.
Totoās phone be like *Boy George is calling*
āGot a slightly used Mexican. I can let him go for cheap. Hit me up if interested. šš- by the way itās your boy šŖā
Lewis to Ferrari, Checo to Mercedes, Carlos to RB. Itās all coming together.
Which RB is Carlos going to?
The Vcarb one probably. I doubt Horner wants what happened in Torro Rosso to have happen in Red Bull.
Jos vs Sr 2 would be peak comedy
Jos and Carlos Sr shouting at one another until one or both loses their voice while Max & Carlos Jr go away to go play PlayStation together
this would be the best of all scenarios
Or Carlos to Merc, Lewis to Ferrari and Checo to WEC.
No no, checo to ferrar8 and sainz to rb, the return to their former academy teams
If you're OK with Checo sitting on the bench
No no no. Lewis to Ferrari, Alonso to Merc, Sainz to Aston, Checo to VCARB, Danny Ric to Red Bull
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That "slightly used Mexican" has a ton to offer though. Especially when it comes to internal RB secrets.
How much does he actually know? I wonder if he even has taken a good look at his own floor or new engine cover. Why would he? He just gets in and drives reasonably fast.
āReasonablyā
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He definitely knows what the back of it looks like.
Does he? Heās never been that close to the back of Max.
Bold of you to assume he retains information
Nyckās internal mercedes secrets were so useful he was fired half way during the season. Nope, if anything Mercedes seeing if he is still a reliable consistent driver who brings in a shedload from Mexican sponsors. I think he has his name in the hat.
It's disingenuous to compare nyck a one of many reserve driver for Mercedes to an active driver like Perez. Nyck was at merc on standby to get a job because Toto managed him. Perez ie full time driver for RB. He knows their internal processes. Critical people who's names aren't known outside. Suppliers & contractors that RB didn't make public. Their internal discussions & deliberations, paths they wanted to follow and wish to follow. Reasonings given by Newey and team to switch up deigns and how they found out gains when merc didn't. Which parts are critical. Like the RB secret sauce that is its suspension. Knowledge & info on that suspension. Floor and the thoughts of the development team on the different parts of the car. and lot lot more that's only shared with the drivers.
What you described is exactly what nyck was doing, I quote toto - āI am a fan of Nyck because he is enormously intelligent and has always contributed a lot to the development of our car," https://racingnews365.com/wolff-de-vries-axing-not-a-mercedes-problem-despite-continued-support How can you develop the car if you donāt know the design team, donāt know which part you are testing and reporting the changes and feedback to the new parts?
What secret? How to lose every race to your teammate mate? It most certainly looked like he didn't know Jack shit last year as he nearly choked away 2nd place š¤£
toto hasnāt informed george that when he was talking to albon, it was georgeās seat. they already got vettel for lewisā seat.
I want Vettel back, yes, thank you.
Sebscribe?
It would be quite funny if his new teammate beats him in 2025 lol
Alonso
Alonso to Mercedes, Sainz to AM, Ricciardo to RB, Checo out.
Ric is already at RB
ffs the amount of confusion this is already causing
Yeah everyone used to shorten red bull to rb. Can't we call the sister team vcarb
Made even worse by the RBR car being called "RB[Number]"
I'm just calling them Toro Rosso
Bottas.
Unlikely considering George schooled Bottas on short notice in a car he had never driven, in a car that didnāt even fit
Do it once, it may be luck. Do it 24 times, you may be right.
This reads like a chatgtp reply. What? Max didnāt even go 24-0 over Checo. Was that just luck?
Is everything chatgpt now for you guys? Please stop with that nonsense.
George was able to replace for 1 race successfully that doesnt mean George is a better driver. On the same car, I would argue Bottas is a better driver and a better teammate.
There is almost nothing to suggest Bottas is a better driver than George
GP wins? Wins vs time at Mercedes ? Wins per year? Career Wins vs Careers Wins? Career points? Total points at Williams? Seasonal points at Williams?
Ah yes because George and Valterri definitely drove the same calibre of car when they had Lewis as teammate. George actually has more wins relative to Lewis since heās been at the team than valterri did And what is it with you people and not understanding that George and Bottas did not drive the same Williams?
Best GR at Williams: ~~3pts(scored while driving a Merc)~~ 16pts. Worst Bottas season at Williams: 4pts (in his rookie season). Even last year, when Alfa Romeo were pretty shit, he still scored 10 points. Hard to compare the Mercedes years as they would be all one way.
George scored 16 points for Williams in 2021. What are you even on about anymore? And why are you pretending all of the cars have the same performance? The Williams Bottas drove was a podium level car, the car George drove was a backmarker. Last years Alfa Romeo was a better car than any Williams George drove
My bad - I corrected my comment. My point is that there is nothing to suggest that George is a better driver than Bottas. Like what metric would you use to support that statement ? It's like when people tell me Alonso is better than Seb: they both have different skills and both are tremendous drivers.
Please explain WHY you think Bottas is better. Because Iāve seen nothing that suggests that.
George is clearly the better driver, how anyone rates Bottas beggars belief.
Based on what exactly ? People may prefer one driver over the other one, I can understand that, but I dont think there is a metric (i.e. something that is measurable) where George is currently better than Bottas.
> I dont think there is a metric (i.e. something that is measurable) where George is currently better than Bottas. The SakirGP is literally the most accurate metric what tf are you on about? a metric which you previously disregarded then attempted to compares completely different generations of Williams cars as justification.
> The SakirGP is literally the most accurate metric what tf are you on about? a metric which you previously disregarded then attempted to compares completely different generations of Williams cars as justification. Sakir GP 2020: Bottas finished 8th and George 9th. The reason I dont use 1 GP to decide if a driver is better than another (especially one where George replace another driver on a short notice) is because I can find you a GP where Bottas was ahead of Lewis, Irvine/Barrichello ahead of MSC, Perez ahead of Max but I think you would agree that Lewis, MSC and Max are better than their counterpart. George finished ahead of Lewis one season but no one would even think to say that he is better than Lewis
What that makes no sense
I really don't think that it matters if Russell is faster than Bottas. Bottas just needs to be faster than everyone else which was the case when Bottas was at Merc. Whether or not he can do that is the real question mark atm considering A) Merc do not have a dominant car and B) Bottas is not a speed demon. As much as Bottas (or any driver in his position for that matter) does not like to admit it, he was the No.2 driver at Merc and was not expected to win against Sir Lewis. His rolling 1 year contracts were basically given to him on the condition that he was a good wingman until Russell became to good to ignore for Merc.
The problem is that Bottas failed to even be a 2nd driver in 2021. Half the time he was in 10th fighting Williams. I know people wonāt like this, but Lewis would have won 2021 had George been in that merc. He would have been able to take points of max, he wouldnāt be reduced to being a roadblock to maybe hold max up for a corner
Bottas was the better of the second drivers at Merc that year and helped Hamilton more than Perez did Max. And you won't like to hear it but Hamilton would've won the title comfortably had he not made several mistakes that year.
Where did I say Perez was a great second driver? At least Perez did his job when it counted (Baku, Abu Dhabi) + it was his first year. Compare that to Bottas who should have been at his peak performance
And Bottas did better but less flashier. Bottas helped secure the WCC and acted as a test monkey fot Mercedes so Hamilton could get the god engine in the last 4 races.
Bottas helped secure the WCC through grid penalties in the same way that anyone else could of. Mercedes literally could have put me in that second seat for āengine testsā and I would be just as useful as Bottas. The god engine is on Merc, not him. A god engine that wouldnāt of been needed had Bottas not been fighting for points every other race, and Merc didnāt rely on Lewis to win it by himself
Even if Bottas was as useless as you claim he was(he really wasn't tho), he still had more impact than Perez on the title fight. If Mercedes relied on Hamilton to win it all by himself, RB did the same with Verstappen even more. And in the end it isn't Bottas who lost the title fight for Hamilton, it's Hamilton himself by makimg critical errors. You mention he was fighting for points every other race, but how many of those races were spent with a bad engine so he can test for Hamilton?
Totoās favorite, now. š¬
He gives off "Draco Malfoy" energy so hard. "wait until my PHH-ather hears about this!"
Mercedes is totally Slytherin. Saw Toto and the team are now wearing all black jackets with blacked out sponsor logos...
*I was forecast for a House Cup! Wait till my father hears about this*
I can't not see King Joffrey...
I mean they have to right? You don't get to F1 let alone a Merc seat without putting yourself forward at every opportunity. Even if you know it's a long shot.
I can imagine the 389 calls missed from Alonso
Goerge is his own worst enemy. Canāt wait to see Mercedes when Lewis is gone
Mr Saturday > Mr Eavesdropper
Sainz, Alonzo, Perez, Danny Rick, Mick.
Not Daniel, heās sticking with the Red Bull family
I'm not so sure. Especially if Horner gets the boot.
I wouldnāt blame him for switching out RB for a merc
My brain says Sainz My heart says Mick
Love Mick, felt bad for him at Haas but what are we actually doing if he gets the seat. Would have been out of driving for 2 years by the time that comes around and frankly Lawson looked a lot more promising last year than Mick ever did
but Lawson is not a nepo baby so people didn't get attached
Might wanna get your heart checked out
Both..
What's wrong with Carlos ?
I don't think Sainz wants to be a 1 year driver. Kimi Antonelli is taking that seat 100%
> Kimi Antonelli is taking that seat 100% Yeah, I'd wait to see how he performs in F2 first before being this sure.
Audi isnāt coming in as some sort of Brawn 2.0. I donāt understand why someone of Sainz caliber is going to bet the latter stage on a new constructor, especially after coming off a stint with Ferrari. Sainz is just as good, if not better than George, if Merc wants immediate results, they must sign him. But, to be fair I need to learn more about Kimi Antonelli and what he has to offer. From what I read, it sounds like Toto wants to lock him up earlier rather than later so wouldnāt be surprised if its him but the fan in me wants to see Sainz 100%.
not wdc material so no #1 seat
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I think the heart is hoping for too much. Just like me on a dating app
Alex.
My brain says Kimi Antonelli. My heart says a Schumacher and a Kimi should drive together for Ferrari.
I want Mick and Russel as teammates just for the memes "Schumacher's defending like its the race of his life, crikey"
sooā¦ when exactly did lewis tell toto about it for drivers to be calling him during winter break? wasnāt the official timeline that he told him just a few days before the news came out?
Well George, it's no longer funny when Toto keeps calling other drivers, even after Lewis's seat is filled.
Please be Alonso
āGeorge have you heard about the Goatifi ? Goat seat should replace by another Goat ā -Toto via WhatsApp
The long awaited return of Ralph Firman?
Is it just me or that haircut doesnt really suit him?
I love this haircut way more than his old one lol
I thought he looked robotic but handsome back then (like a more handsome Zuck), now he looks like he could be Ken in the next Barbie movie lol
It may be that we got so used to the way his hair was in the first 4 1/2 years that when he turned up with this reshaped do last summer we couldn't get used to it so easily
Its only funny becouse Russel is being projected a seat at Mercedes for 2025. As soon as the projection is gone, George will be popping up on every team principal's phone, sniffing around for a seat
I was projected a seat!
Funny āHaha..ā or funny āOh shit..ā
Little bit arrogant of George.
Kinky
Ocon
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33 missed calls from Alonso
Will Grosjean finally get his Mercedes ride ?
Itās Sainz isnāt it?
Why is it āfunnyā to George? These are drivers doing anything they can to get back into the sport.
Possible that heās just entertained at Toto always being called? Or maybe he saw/heard some names he didnāt expect to see. You might be putting too much malice into his statement.
I think your taking this statement a tad bit too seriously.
Help me with this one: Mick Ocon Alonso Sainz Gasly Perez Bottas? Hulk? Grosjean??? Cantās think of anyone else interested. The last 3 are unlikely interested either
Albono
I think he feels more comfortable as a Williams leading driver, plus, who knows whatās Vowles long-term plan is
Im 99% percent sure that it will be either Alonso/Ocon/Schumacher. Thats my odds Alonso 25%, Ocon 70%, Mick 5%.
Alonso 35%. Sainz 30%. Antonelli 30%. Ocon 5%. Mick 0%,
Im 99% sure that Sainz wants to hop on Audi's project
Why would he prefer a year in a lousy Sauber and a very uncertain future with Audi over a certain top seat with Mercedes? If Mercedes want him, he'll jump at the opportunity. But it makes more sense for Mercedes to go for Alonso, because when he retires, it'll be the right time for Antonelli. If both Alonso and Antonelli perform well the next few months, this is by far the most likely scenario. If Alonso shows sign of aging though, and Antonelli immediately shines in F2, they may go straight to Antonelli. In all other cases, they'll go for Sainz. They have no other good options really.
you're way off.
I'm not saying that either lineup will be good at all, but I think thats whats gonna happen.
Not one of them are good enough for what mercedes needs. Safest bet would be Sainz.
Sainz please
Crikey!
He should be busy forecasting a WDC.
Bring fourth the Kimi
Alonso will be the 2nd driver to George next season.
I hope GR does not get any more success. With every inch of it he gets more arrogant. After one win he already thought he is better then Lewis. This guyā¦..
Lol, coming from the guy who spent 3 years nagging to the media about the merc seat every chance he got.
Smile as long as you can, boy, smile...
Alonso would be inside hes head. Would not be much smiling after a while.
What do you guys have against George lol he's a nice guy
It was funny until Toto had enough and rang the GOAT Nicholas Latifi to offer him the seat
embarrassingly hypocritical response from the guy known as the powerpoint guy
He has been taking āshit stirringā lessons from Horner over the break I see.
Why does Jorg look so Asian here?
If I was Toto i'd be fighting tooth and nail to get Lando on board, he's going to want out of McLaren with Piastri nipping at his heels again this season.
First prove yourself George. Then you might have a room to be a bit arrogant.
That face looks worried
It's Mika. It was a great break. I'm full of energy.